So many forecasts, so many assumptions, so many reports. I’ve spent the week reading them all, and have pulled together the most coherent and interesting into one...
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A deep downturn across the board. That’s the verdict on the economic impact of the coronavirus in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) as seen by the Vienna...
So far, almost all projections regarding the financial impact of the coronavirus – from governments, think tanks, NGOs and international financial...
Parliamentary elections are set to be held in Serbia this spring despite some opposition parties calling for a boycott, and weekly anti-government protests taking place...
For the second consecutive year, all countries from Central and Southeastern Europe posted positive real GDP growth rates in 2018, says the Handbook of Statistics 2019...
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), a think tank, has said that the construction of a European Silk Road could be financed with the help of a...
Much of Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) has so far weathered the slowdown in the global economy well, but signs of contagion are starting to emerge, according...
Prince Metternich, the Austrian foreign minister and chancellor of the early 19th century, is reputed to have said that “the Balkans begin at the Landstrasse”, a road...
Ukraine’s Servant of the People party, led by president Volodymyr Zelensky “may win a majority of seats in parliament, but could still prefer to form a coalition”...
The economy of emerging Europe is cooling down, but much less than expected in spring. As a result, forecasts for 2019 from the Vienna Institute for International...
Albania and North Macedonia will have to wait until October to find out if they can begin accession talks with the European Union. The European Commission said in May...
The ‘tipping point’ at which labour demand will become equal to labour supply in the EU – that is, when labour will become a constraint on economic growth – is now...
